# \[X\] ARTIST cannot be updated

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-artist-cannot-be-updated/16956
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [June 10, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-artist-cannot-be-updated/16956 "2015-06-10T17:00:34Z")
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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-artist-cannot-be-updated/16956/8 "2015-07-27T05:25:57Z")

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> [@wolfsong](#):
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> I've tried everything. This happens with every file I've tried. ... when I use Convert Tag -\> Tag using $meta(ARTIST,0) as the format string for the artist field ... both the tag panel and results still show both artists. The extended tags also lists both artists.

See also ...  
[/t/12626/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/12626/1)  
[/t/13494/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/13494/1)  
[/t/15443/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/15443/1)

Still the rule is ...  
"A multi-value tag-field can not be overwritten with its own first value alone."  
... but ...  
"A multi-value tag-field can ~~not~~ be overwritten with its own first value alone."  
... when you are doing it this way ...

**ARTIST \<== $meta(ARTIST,0)'\\\\'**

DD.20150727.0925.CEST

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